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DK ZP polls: 9 Billavas, 6 Muslims, 4 Christians among 36 Cong candidates

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February 6, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Billavas and Muslims dominated the list of 36 candidates finalized by the Congress party for the upcoming Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat elections. For the first time Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has announced candidates for all the constituencies at one go, according to district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai.

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Accompanied by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee observer and former Legislative Council chairman V.R. Sudarshan at district Congress office Mr Rai, said that the list of candidates was prepared as per the guidelines by the KPCC, ensuring social justice.

Among 36 candidates 9 are Billavas and 6 are Muslims. They are followed by Christians, Bunts and Gowdas (4 each), Scheduled Castes (3), Scheduled Tribes (2) and Jain, Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin, Ganiga and Gatti (1 each).

Only four of the 11 outgoing Congress members in the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat featured in the list—M.S. Mohammed, Mamata Gatti (former ZP president), Saraswati Kamath and Chandra Prakash Shetty. Anita Hemanath Shetty, wife of former Puttur Block Congress president Kavu Hemanath Shetty, also features in the list. She is contesting from the Nettanige-Mudnur constituency.

The full list of the candidates is as follows:
1. Kinnigoli: Pramod Kumar
2. Puttige: Chandrahas Sanil
3. Shirthadi: Sumithra
4. Kateel: Shaila Sequeira
5. Bajpe: Maimuna Nisar
6. Edapadavu: Krishna Ameen
7. Gurpuru: U P Ibrahim
8. Neermarga: Seema D'Souza
9. Konaje: Rasheeda Banu
10. Someshwar: Lakshmi Poojary
11. Sangabettu: Mailappa Salian
12. Sarapady: Padmashekhar Jain
13. Pudu: Ummar Farooq
14. Gothamajalu: Bharathi R Poojary
15. Mani: Manjula Madhava Bave
16. Kolnadu: M S Mohammed
17. Kurnadu: Mamatha Gatti
18. Sajipamunnur: Chandraprakash Shetty
19. Punacha: Chethana
20. Naravi: P Dharanendra Kumar
21. Aladangady: Shekhar Kukkedi
22. Laila: Shobha N Gowda
23. Ujire: Namitha
24. Dharmastala: B Ramesh
25. Kaniyoor: Shahul Hameed
26. Kuvettu: Shral Jeene Noronha
27. Uppinangady: Anitha Keshav Gowda
28. Nelyadi: Sarvotham Gowda
29. Kadaba: PP Varghese
30. Belandoor: Sathish Kedanji
31. Panaje: Pavithra B
32. Nettanige Mudnoor: Anitha Hemanatha Shetty
33. Bellare: Rajeevi Rai
34. Guttigar: Vimala Rangaiah
35. Jalsoor: Saraswathi Kamath
36. Aranthodu: Madhava Gowda

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Siraj
 - 
Sunday, 7 Feb 2016

Muslim population in Dakshina Kannada is 24.02% according to 2011 census. Since independence, all these years, more than 70% Muslims had been voting Congress party. So, this 6 seats (16.66%) is not the due share of this oppressed Community.
Now, it's not the time to beg your share with other political parties who exploited you intentionally all these years. Muslims need to find alternative and show their power. It's time to stand firm on your feet. Unless and until you show your power in the election, nobody is going to count you!
Billavas got more seats than Muslims not because of their more number, it's because of their negotiating power. According to political parties, the market value of a Muslim vote is less than a Billava vote. There is no point in blaming congress party for this reason. It's the Muslim community who lack self confidence in taking right decision at the right time.

Prashanth Poojary
 - 
Saturday, 6 Feb 2016

BJP will defeat congress for sure.

Swetha Poojary
 - 
Saturday, 6 Feb 2016

All Billava Candidates all the best.

Deepak Kumar
 - 
Saturday, 6 Feb 2016

Well done Cong. All the best. #WithCongress

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The one male and four female doctors – all aged around 28 years – are asymptomatic and are being treated at the designated covid hospital in the city.

All the five PG doctors of Kasturba Medical College were deputed at Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital and District Wenlock Hospital (Covid Hospital).

Meanwhile, around 30 medicos have been quarantined.

According to sources, the five doctors were staying in a residential apartment in the city. The apartment is likely to be sealed.

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Speculation is rife that the government might consider stricter measures to curb the movement of people to try arresting the rising number of Covid-19 cases. 

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“A team from the Centre had come. They’ve made some observations and they also appreciated us for some of the things we’ve done,” he added. 

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Bengaluru, Aug 4: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and MLA Satyanarayana passed away today due to multiple organ failure. He was 67.

Satyanarayana was representing Tumakuru’s Sira constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is survived by five daughters and one son.

It is learnt that he was suffering from multiple organ ailments from the past few days and was recently admitted to Manipal Hospital in the city. He breathed his last at 12:20 p.m.

He contested from JDS and worked three times as MLA and 2 times as MP. He was the chairman of KSRTC during the coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy.

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda mourned his death and said, “It is a shock to hear the demise of former minister and my close friend. We are friends from the past 3 decades and I cannot recall the days without him.”

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar said, “Satyanarayana was concerned for the farmers and he was a gentleman. Hearing the news hurts me and this is an irreparable loss to the political field.”

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